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48 Articles found on Tuesday, 3 April 2007
Government claims situation 'normal'
03-04-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe has dismissed claims that things are falling apart in that country, saying the situation there is normal.Zimbabwe's Information and Publicity Minister, Dr Sikhanyiso Ndhlovu, told a
readRebuilding Zimbabwean pride
03-04-2007
ROBERT MUGABE used to be my hero.At university, where I was a member of the student council, I remember how proud I was when he came to visit us. I lined up to shake his hand, and it was a moment I
readOshana Nurses Problem
03-04-2007
FIVE nurses had their names removed from the duty rosters at their respective wards on Wednesday 28 March 2007 because they carried out union orders/activities.These nurses failed to work half day
readWhen Humans And Animals Collide
03-04-2007
WOULD you kindly allow me space in your newspaper to express my views regarding the conflicts between animals and people in the two north-eastern regions.As we keep following events in this newspaper,
readPoor Service By Internet Cafes
03-04-2007
I AM a frequent visitor to Windhoek and usually need to use the Internet to send my documents to other countries.Most of the Internet cafes in Windhoek, if not all, do not allow users to use memory
readSolar Is Win-Win
03-04-2007
ONE of the most important functions of modern journalism is to keep finding ways to bring important - even if undramatic -issues to public attention.Your printing of the letter on 'Solar Is the Way
readGender Issues And Mungunda
03-04-2007
I WRITE this letter in my capacity as a Christian believer and as a journalist with six years' experience.Like Minister of Gender Equality Marlene Mungunda, I will be praying for a change in the way
readChildren toil in Ghana's cocoa fields
03-04-2007
BETENASE - At first sight, the dirt-poor village of Betenase in western Ghana has little to entice job seekers.Rough red dirt roads wind through tall green trees, their leaves coated with dust. There
readFast train in speed record attempt
03-04-2007
PARIS - France's TGV fast train is to make a bid to beat its own world speed record today, amid reports that in recent unofficial tests it reached nearly 570 kilometres an hour.Weather conditions
readNPC gets N$50 million from EC
03-04-2007
THE European Commission office in Windhoek yesterday contributed to the Namibian Government's efforts to alleviate poverty among rural communities by providing N$50 million.The funding, which is
readGrowth props European profits
03-04-2007
LONDON - European company profits will not grow at the same breakneck pace in 2007 as the past few years but fears of abrupt turn in earnings appear unfounded as a US slowdown is offset by strong
readOkakarara trade fair in Sept
03-04-2007
OKAKARARA will in September host its first trade fair in a bid to boost the economic base of the Otjozondjupa Region.The Okakarara Trade Fair Society (OTFS) - which was set up last year - held its
readChina means well in Africa: Ngatjizeko
03-04-2007
THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has come out in full force to support Namibia's connection and dealings with the Chinese, denouncing negative criticism that has been surrounding the China-Africa
readSuspect dies, cops blamed
03-04-2007
THE family of 45-year-old Noël Thompson, arrested for alleged domestic violence at around 06h00 on Sunday, are blaming the Keetmanshoop Police for his death.Six hours after his arrest, Thompson was
readAirNam, Branson 'offer' fly high in NA
03-04-2007
GOVERNMENT should stop providing millions of dollars in continuous bailouts for the national carrier Air Namibia - money that could be used for other necessary spending, a member of the opposition has
readDriver ploughs into group of pupils
03-04-2007
FIVE schoolchildren were injured yesterday when an allegedly drunk driver ploughed into them as they were crossing the street at the Holy Cross Convent in Windhoek.One of the five youngsters was taken
readNamPower chief 're-aligns' his big guns
03-04-2007
NAMPOWER Managing Director Paulinus Shilamba raised eyebrows among staff on Friday afternoon when he announced a mini-reshuffle in the company's top structure, with former Chief Technical advisor
readA Matter of Fact
03-04-2007
AN inaccurate headline slipped into a report that was published on page 3 of yesterday's edition of The Namibian under the heading 'Court asked to acquit suspect'.In fact, a reading of the report will
readConcern about cross-border smuggling
03-04-2007
KARAS Governor Dawid Boois has urged Namibian and South African police to co-operate more closely to fight cross-border crime.Addressing a Regional Technical Committee meeting attended by Police
readGovernment says it's taking AA transgressors to court
03-04-2007
SEVEN years after the implementation of the Affirmative Action (AA) Act, progress towards equity in employment has not been encouraging, says Labour Minister Alpheus !Naruseb.!Naruseb said on Friday
readTruck levies reintroduced
03-04-2007
THE Road Fund Administration (RFA) has reintroduced amended mass-distance charges as from yesterday, with truck owners expected to do self-assessments of the actual distance travelled within Namibia
readSADC youth come together
03-04-2007
YOUTH leaders from various youth organisations in the SADC region have adopted a proposal that a SADC Youth Union should be formed.A draft constitution for the proposed SADC Youth Union was adopted at
readPM urges hi-tech services for the region's masses
03-04-2007
PROVIDERS of television, Internet and other communications services need to make them more accessible and affordable to lower-income groups and rural communities, Prime Minister Nahas Angula has
readWalvis airport close to international take-off
03-04-2007
NAMIBIA is seven months away from inaugurating a second international airport with the upgrading of the Walvis Bay airport expected to be completed by October 6.With improvements such as a lengthened
readDeadly beating suspect was sane, psychiatrist decides
03-04-2007
A WINDHOEK resident who is accused of having beaten a friend and drinking partner to death on a hung-over morning in September 2004 was not mentally ill at the time, but his responsibility for his
readCasual workers protest at Coke
03-04-2007
N$4,75 for a month's pay? This is what one African Personnel Services (APS) worker claims he received last month.More than 60 APS workers - employed at the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Windhoek as
readLayoffs return to haunt NHE
03-04-2007
ELEVEN former National Housing Enterprises (NHE) workers, who were retrenched in September last year, yesterday returned to the company's headquarters in Windhoek to put pressure on management to
readAvid deal charge case drags on
03-04-2007
THE defence counsel of Nico Josea - one of the main figures in the saga over the Social Security Commission's disastrous investment of N$30 million through an inexperienced asset management company in
readHelena Petrus ota kongwa
03-04-2007
M EME Secilia Shivolo ota kongo okanona kedhina Helena ya Petrus ya Ndamonako, ka valwa momumvo 1985.Meme Secilia ota ti nee kutya Helena nguka okwa kala kofamili yawo kEtilyasa mOngandjera
readGumwe a dhipaga omukadhona gwe manga ini idhipaga wo
03-04-2007
O MUNAMIMVO 24 okwa yahwa okusa komumati gwe ongulohi yOlyomakaya ga zi ko mOvenduka, omanga nakumuyaha ini iyaha nondjembo ndjoka a yaha nayo omukadhona gwe, Opolisi tayi lopota
readIilyo yoongundu yompilameno yi li 9 ya yakwa mOshipangelo
03-04-2007
H ARARE - Aayambidhidhi yongundu yompilameno mu Zimbabwe ye li omugoyi, oya yakwa mo mOshipangelo moka ya li taya mono epango kaakonakoni yEpangelo yomonanguwi nokufalwa kehala kali shiwike, aanaveta
readAantu yaali ya fumvikwa mooplastika pOtjiwarongo
03-04-2007
A AKWASHIGWANA yamwe pOtjiwarongo oya holola okuuva nayi kwawo konima sho aantu yaali mboka ya li yena ombuto yoHIV-AIDS ya tulwa mooplastika etaya umbilwa moombila mEtitatu lya zi ko.Anna Swartbooi a
readMugabe oye okandidaate ya Zanu-PF
03-04-2007
H ARARE - Ongundu tayi pangele mu Zamibabwe yedhina Zanu-PF oya ulike Omupresidende Robert Mugabe, oye a kale okandidaate yawo momahogololo gOpaupresidende ngoka kwa tegelelwa ga ka ningwe moshilongo
readOmulumentu gumwe a dhitikwa nuuwe
03-04-2007
O MUNAMIMVO 39 gwokOmbonge (kOranjemund) okwa dhitikwa mEtitatu lya zi ko konima sho a adhika aniwa nuuwe inau hongwa wu li omulongo nuutatu (13).Opolisi oya hokolola ngeyi kutya oya adha uuwe mboka
readOmulumentu gumwe a dhitikwa nuuwe
03-04-2007
O MUNAMIMVO 39 gwokOmbonge (kOranjemund) okwa dhitikwa mEtitatu lya zi ko konima sho a adhika aniwa nuuwe inau hongwa wu li omulongo nuutatu (13).Opolisi oya hokolola ngeyi kutya oya adha uuwe mboka
readMugabe ota vulu okuninga shoka a hala
03-04-2007
H ARARE - Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe okwe shi zimine kutya omuwiliki gwongundu yompilemeno yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai, okwa li a dhengwa shili
readAll is not lost for Windies: Lara
03-04-2007
GEORGETOWN - West Indies skipper Brian Lara has said he remains optimistic of making it to the World Cup semi-finals despite his team's third successive defeat in the Super Eights.The hosts have just
readJayawardene thanks Jayasuriya
03-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene paid tribute to opener Sanath Jayasuriya for helping him return to his big-scoring ways in the World Cup victory over the West Indies.After failing in
readProteas ready for Irish challenge
03-04-2007
GEORGETOWN - South Africa will treat their next World Cup Super Eight matches against Ireland and Bangladesh as "huge" games which could clear the way to the semi-finals, according to coach Mickey
readWarriors for Newspaper Cup named
03-04-2007
BRAVE Warriors coach Ben Bamfuchile added new local faces to the national team to prepare for a match against a selected team from The Namibian Newspaper Cup at Keetmanshoop this weekend.The notable
readChampions League on the go
03-04-2007
LONDON - The winding road to Champions League treasure in Athens next month will make another key turn this week when the eight surviving clubs battle for precious advantages in the first leg of the
readPoison theory studied in Woolmer probe
03-04-2007
KINGSTON - Detectives leading the Bob Woolmer murder inquiry said yesterday they are studying the possibility that poison was used to incapacitate the burly Pakistan cricket coach before he was
readNamibian Cup to rock South
03-04-2007
THE Namibian Newspaper Cup is expected to take Keetmanshoop by storm as the popular tournament starts at the town on Friday, but the question is, which region will emerge as champions? The tournament,
readZimbabwean female MP gang-raped
03-04-2007
A ZIMBABWEAN member of parliament has been gang-raped by a group of armed robbers at her home near the capital Harare, police said on Friday."A ruling party member of parliament in Mashonaland East
readTsunami lashes Solomon Islands; thirteen killed
03-04-2007
HONIARA - Huge waves churned by a massive earthquake crashed ashore in the Solomon Islands yesterday, wiping away entire villages and triggering a tsunami alert from Australia to Hawaii, officials
readBBC journalist captive for three weeks
03-04-2007
GAZA CITY - BBC journalist Alan Johnston yesterday marked three weeks in captivity after being abducted by armed men in Gaza, the longest a foreigner has been held in the increasingly lawless
readBritish sailors 'confessed'
03-04-2007
TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday all 15 British sailors it detained last month had confessed to illegally entering its waters, and broadcast new pictures of two servicemen apparently admitting to their
readSomalis bury dead during lull in battles
03-04-2007
MOGADISHU - Mogadishu residents buried their dead and ventured onto streets for the first time in five days yesterday during a lull in battles pitting Ethiopian and Somali troops against Islamist
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